Game apparatus.



' PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907. R. W. PIPER.

GAME APPARATUS.

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GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.3, 1906.

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UNITED STATES MPATENT OFFICE.

Specification of'Letters Patent.

Patented Jan;- s, 1907.

Application filed August 8,1806- Serial No- 829.076.-

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lhis invention relates to improvements in games, and more particularly to a base-ball card game consisting of a board which represents a base-ball field or diamond a number of gameieces which represent the players, and a doc of cards, each of which represents a play which one of the players or men may make.

V The object of the invention is to rovide a simple and inexpensive apparatus y means of which the great national game may be played in an interesting and entertaining manner.

Further objects and advantages ofthe invention, as well as the structural features by means of which they may be attained, will be made clear by an examination of the specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding portions throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the game-board. Fig. 2 is a view showing the twelve gamepieces or men, and Figs. 3 to 14, inclusive, are views of the various cards that compose the deck.

The improved game comprises a gameboard 1 of any suitable construction, and preferably of rectangular form, as shown in This board has printed or otherwise provided upon its top lines 2, which divide it into a plurality of spaces 3, each containing a distinguishing-number 4. Preferably twenty-seven of the spaces 3 are provide and they are numbered consecutively from 1 to 27 as clearly'shown in the drawings. Coincident with two of the lines 2 and intersecting certain other of said lines are broad marks or bars 5, which latter define a square or diamond, so that the board resembles the usual base-ball field or diamond. To make the resemblance more complete, the board may be further marked or ornamented as desired.

The game also comprises twelve amepieces 6, which represent the men or p ayers and are adapted to be moved about upon the gutishable from the remainin the bat.

board 1 in playing the game. These men 6 maybe of any suitable form and construction mne of them being similar and distinter are similar to each ot er. This distincti-on, as shown in Fig. 2, is efiected by making them difierent in color; butit may be three which produced by makin them diiierent in she e or size or in any "01; ier manner desired. n playing tne game the nine men of one set are used by the player or side in the field and the three men of the other set are used by the player or side at the base for the purpose of running bases, as presently explained.

The game further comprises a deck of forty-five cards 7, which may be of any suitable form and construction and which are numbered consecutivel from 1 to 45. These numbers are in icated at 8 and may be located at any oint or points 11 on the cards. Each of t e cards is intende to represent a pla which one of the players or men may ma e during the course of the game, and each one bears reading-matter 9, which explains its value or meanin a The fifteen cards numbered 1 to 15, .inclu- 'Two-base hit, the two numbered 18.

and 19, a Three-base hit; the one num-v bered 20, 'a Home run; the three numbered 22, 25, and 26, a Foul; the four numbered 21, 23, 24, and 27, a Foul strike; the one numbered 28, BB, (meaning base on balls;) the one numbered 29, SH, (meaning sacrifice hit;) the one numbered 30, SB, (meaning stolen base the one numbered 31, Error, the one numbered 32, Balk, and the thirteen numbered 33 to 45, inclusive, Strike. It will be noted upon comparing the cards numbered 1 to 27,

inclusive, with the correspondingly-numbered spaces 3 upon the game-board 1 that these spaces are so located upon the field or diamond that should a batter knock a ball into one of them he would most likely make the play indicated on the card that bears the pulrpber of the space into which he sends the The game is played according to the rules governing the regu ar game of base-ball, nine innings constitutin' a game. After the cards are shuflled t e two players out, the one cutting high being entitled tofirst at The other player then stations or laces his nine men 6 on such of the numered spaces of the boa-rd las he me. see fit. He must, however, keep the infielr men in their proper places in the diamond. His other men he may move about at any time. Thecards are then shufiled and player at the ba proceeds to take one card at a time from the top of the pack until three of his men are put out, it being understood that each card :ce resents a play and that the regular rules a game of base-ball determine whether or not the plays made put the men out or advance from base to base around the diamond until they reach home and scene. For example, should the player (or pick up the card numbered l7 and the other side or player should have :a man on the space numbered 17 on the board the batter would be counted out, but should there be no on the s ace 17 the batter would made a two-base it, and one of the three men used by the player or side at the but would be placed on the second base. After the player at the bat has had three of his men put out the other player has his turnatthebat. The-game. roceedsinihis manner, as will be readily un erstood by any one familiar with the game of baseball. it might be stated, further, that in playing the game rules such as time fiollowing may be ob served: The three cards numbered 22, 25, 26and1narkedFoul-always count snout unless preceded byt-he error 0 1rd numbered 31/ r'nodifiesthe play indicated on thecard following it. For instance, should it followa thi eepase-hit card the batter would take first 'iase. runners advance one base. Each strike card. counts :a strike. The foul strike cards never count as a third strike on the hat- The error card alw ays When the balk card is turned, the

ter. When the BB card is turned, the batter takes lirst base on balls. When the Sll card is turned, the batter is out, and if air-1y men-are on bases they advance one base. If in the latter case the batter is the third man out, no score shall result. When the SB card is turned, any men on the bases advance one base, except the man on the third base. I

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A game' o'i the character described consisting a board representing a lmse-lnrll field or diamond and divided into numbered spaces, game pieces or men to be i-ueved about upon said board, and a deck of cards each of which is numbered and bears an inscription designating a play, '1 he nu mbers on some of said cards correspond i n to 1 he numbers of the spaces on said board substantial ly as described.

2. A game of the character d esca'ibod consisting of a board representing a based-ml] field m' diamond and divided into numbered s aces, nine similar game pieces or :men, t -ree similar game pieces or men but distinguishable from the first inentim-ied g anw pieces .or men, and .a deck of cards, each of which bears a number and an inscrirnion designating a play, the numbers on son-re of said cards corresponding to the numbers on the spaces cl said board, subslam iullv as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto iil'llX =m signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROY W. PlPElt.

\Vitnesses BELLE FULTON, S. B. WARxoeK 

